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{{Infobox person
| name = Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1910|07|22}}
| birth_place = [[Sayla]], [[Surendranagar district]], [[Gujarat]], India
| death_date = 2000
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]
}}
'''Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania''' (1910–2000) was an Indian scholar, writer and philosopher, known for his writings on [[Jain philosophy|Jain]], [[Buddhist philosophy|Buddhist]] and [[Hindu philosophy|Hindu philosophies]].<ref name="Pandit Dalsukh D. Malvania">{{cite web | url=http://www.jainpedia.org/resources/glossary.html?tx_contagged%5Bsource%5D=default&tx_contagged%5Buid%5D=504&cHash=c15eb993f59c37b623bd36c7d7f39da2 | title=Pandit Dalsukh D. Malvania | publisher=Jainpedia | date=2016 | access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> He contributed to [[Jain literature]] with his writings on the scriptures of the [[Śvētāmbara]] sect of [[Jainism]].<ref name="Malvania, Dalsukh Bhai on WorldCat">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82-28419/ | title=Malvania, Dalsukh Bhai on WorldCat | publisher=WorldCat | date=2016 | access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1992, for his contributions to literature and education.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Dalsukh Malvania was born on 22 July 1910 at [[Sayla]], in [[Surendranagar district]] of the Indian state of [[Gujarat]]<ref name="Dalsukh Malvania">{{cite web | url=http://en.encyclopediaofjainism.com/index.php?title=SHRI_DALSUKH_D._MALVANIA. | title=Dalsukh Malvania | publisher=Encyclopedia of Jainism | work=Encyclopedic article | date=2016 | access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> in a [[Jainism|jain family]].<ref name="List of Jain Scholars in India">{{cite web | url=http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/jainscholars.html | title=List of Jain Scholars in India | publisher=Colorado State University | date=2016 | access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> After completing ''Nyayatirtha'' in 1931, he joined [[Banaras Hindu University]] as a member of faculty and worked there till he moved to L. D. Institute of Indology of the [[Gujarat University]] as its director in 1959. He was associated with several literary societies and organizations such as the Prakrit Text Society, Jain Cultural Research Society, Jain Sahitya Nirman Yojana, Prakrit Vidya Mandal and was a visiting professor of Indian Philosophy at the [[University of Toronto]] and [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]].<ref name="Dalsukh Malvania" /> ''Sambodhi'', twelve-volume recreation of the ancient scripture,<ref name="Sambodhi Vol I">{{cite book | title=Sambodhi | publisher=Ulan Press | author=Dalsukh Malvania | year=2012 | pages=418 | asin=B00AIGSF30}}</ref> ''Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies''<ref name="Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies">{{cite book | title=Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies | publisher=Motilal Banarsidass | author=Dalsukh Malvania, Jayendra Soni, Karl H. Potter (Editors) | year=2007 | pages=828 | isbn=978-8120831698}}</ref> and ''Evolution of Indian Philosophies'',<ref name="Evolution of Indian Philosophies">{{cite book | title=Evolution of Indian Philosophies | publisher=D.K. Printworld |author1=Soni Jayendra |author2=Dalsukh Malvania | year=2007 | asin=B0049VU4DO}}</ref> both running into multiple volumes, and ''Jainism : some essays''<ref name="Malvania1986">{{cite book|author=Dalsukh D. Malvania|title=Jainism : some essays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXTejgEACAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Prakrit Bharti Acad. u}}</ref> are some of his notable works. He also published many article on Jainism and Indian philosophy, including ''Beginnings of Jaina Philosophy in the Acàraňga'',<ref name="Bronkhorst1993">{{cite book|author=Johannes Bronkhorst|title=The Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZbZDP8MRJoC&pg=PA145|year=1993|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-1114-0|pages=145–}}</ref> ''The Word Pǖjā and its Meaning''<ref name="The Word Pǖjā and its Meaning">{{cite journal | url=http://www.indologica.com/volumes/vol14/vol14_art17_MALVANIA.pdf | title=The Word Pǖjā and its Meaning | author=Dalsukh Malvania | journal=Indologica | volume=14 | issue=17}}</ref> and ''On Bhadreshwara's Kahāvali''.<ref name="On Bhadreshwara's Kahāvali">{{cite journal | url=http://www.indologica.com/volumes/vol11/vol11_art02_MALVANIA.pdf | title=On Bhadreshwara's Kahāvali | author=Dalsukh Malvania | journal=Indologica | volume=11 | issue=2}}</ref> He was a recipient of the civilian honor of the [[Padma Bhushan]] from the Government of India in 1992.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He died in 2000 at the age of 90.<ref name="Pandit Dalsukh D. Malvania" />

== See also ==
* [[Sukhlal Sanghvi]]
* [[List of Banaras Hindu University people]]
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal | url=http://www.indologica.com/volumes/vol14/vol14_art17_MALVANIA.pdf | title=The Word Pǖjā and its Meaning (full text) | author=Dalsukh Malvania | journal=Indologica | volume=14 | issue=17}}
* {{cite journal | url=http://www.indologica.com/volumes/vol11/vol11_art02_MALVANIA.pdf | title=On Bhadreshwara's Kahāvali (full text) | author=Dalsukh Malvania | journal=Indologica | volume=11 | issue=2}}

==External links==
* {{Gujarati Vishwakosh}}

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